Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Tsuzuri | Akaya Akashiya Ayakashino - Kurogitsune Walkthrough

As stated in my very recent come back post, there hasn't been any guides out for this game - at least not a proper/complete one in English. I have found one in Vietnamese (PC), one in English (PC), and the last one in Japanese (PSP) courtesy of a post on Reddit. The Japanese guide is probably the most complete out of the three mostly because the Switch (and Steam) versions and the platform it was ported from are the same in terms of content, But just using DeepL/Google Translate, I found that there were times that the translated text were kind of hard to decipher so I had to cross-reference it with the previous two I found so I also have to give them credit.

Some things to note before starting:

• This route will unlock after clearing Tsubaki's, Akiyoshi's, and Sagano's routes
• The guides posted on this blog will get you 100% on Endings and CGs, but not the list of Index found in the Collection Box. The Japanese guide has them, but the process was just too tedious for me so I gave up in getting all of them; the CGs and endings were enough. To fill up the Index, you need to explore each and every stall during the festival on Day Zero, as well as exhausting/visiting every place in the town map to see every dialogue by saving and a lot of re-loading.
• Have a separate save file before the first option of Day Zero. That way, you can simply reload that save if you need to go back at the start without going through the Prologue. I did start a new playthrough with the prologue after getting Kurogitsune's first ending though.
• Some of the text in light red I found in the Japanese guide did not pop up during my play through, but they might pop up in others so I left them in the guide. Interestingly, some of them pop up if you replay routes.
• I'm not sure what "Land Day" means, but I can't seem to place a proper translation for it.
  Edit: An anonymous commenter on this post has pointed out that the Land Day probably means 6th day as the original guide uses the same Japanese character for the word land. My thanks to whoever you are <3
• If you do go back and replay routes, some characters will have additional dialogues though not that extensive. It's interesting though.
• Please do credit me when you re-post this guide somewhere else (on Steam or another site/blog). It was still a lot of work matching the texts/guide up to the updated Switch/Steam version. I would greatly appreciate it!
• These first two paragraphs will be copy-pasted on all of the AkaAka guides with some variations.
  Also, yes. Kurogitsune's endings are, unfortunately, untranslated when the credits roll ;_;

Guide Start:

Day Zero
Food Stands
Takoyaki
Yo-Yo Fishing
Mysterious Stand
Food Stands 2
Fox
Masks
Candy Apples
Stop it
I don’t know

Day 1
Shrine Office
That’s not true.
Hallway
Own Room
Telephone Pole Area
Back Alleyway
Suspicious store
Let’s try waiting a little
Ignore
Maybe there are.

Day 2
Don’t clean up
Take a walk to wake up
Hallway
Well, be careful anyway
Garden
Utsuwa Station
Nah, I’m good.
Stone Steps Area
Utsuwa High School
To find Tsubaki
Hang out with Kurogitsune

Day 3
Go visit everyone
Living Room
Hang out with Kurogitsune
Own Room
About the meal person
Small shrine
Utsuwa High School
Railroad Crossing
Sennen Mart
Try to talk
Park
Go ahead to the park

Ending 14… Kurogitsune’s Meal – The Chosen Future is Lovely

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After clearing Ending 14, go to Title Page -> Fun Stuff and clear Kurogitsune’s Room. After clearing, start a new playthrough.

Day Zero
Food Stands
Takoyaki
Yo-Yo Fishing
Mysterious Stand
Food Stands 2
Fox
Masks
Candy Apples
Stop it
I don’t know

Day 1
Shrine Office
That’s not true.
Hallway
Own Room
Telephone Pole Area
Back Alleyway
Suspicious store
Let’s try waiting a little
Ignore
Maybe there are.

Day 2
Don’t clean up
Take a walk to wake up
Hallway
Well, be careful anyway
Garden
Utsuwa Station
Nah, I’m good.
Stone Steps Area
Utsuwa High School
To find Tsubaki
Hang out with Kurogitsune

Day 3
Go visit everyone
Living Room
Hang out with Kurogitsune
Own Room
About the meal person
Small shrine
Utsuwa High School
Railroad Crossing
Sennen Mart
Try to talk
Park
Go ahead to the park

Day 4
Small Shrine
Shopping Street
Utsuwa Shrine
Mansion
Togo's house

Day 5
*Save 1*
I'm conflicted
I’m not going back

Day 6
Ughh…uuu (Under the Overpass)
Uhh… ahh… (Park)

Ending 16… Kurogitsune’s Memories – All I Wish For is Your Smile, Even Now

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*Load Save 1*
I won’t make him a meal
*Save 2*
I’m not going back

Day 6
Ahhh… (Susuki Plains)
Ah…Ahh (Telephone Pole Area)

Ending 17… Kurogitsune’s Memories – Morning Comes, Not Forgetting Your Warmth

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*Load Save 2*
I’m going back

Ending 11… Ranchu’s Meal – Peace Someday, to You Who Long For It